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		a_a_r_o_n on Feb 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thoughts on Growing Old "Why is it so bad to get old?" Loss of facility, and younger people increasingly ignore you. That latter is karma for many of us. Plus ça something something I forget.

poutine on Feb 23, 2012 [–]

The facility isn't lost nearly as much as one thinks. And the joke is on the younger people, seriously.

sarchertech on Feb 23, 2012 | [–]

There was a post on HN a while back about this. Apparently most of the studies that demonstrated mental slowdown with age where flawed to the point of being completely worthless.

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